"Mental" (2009) TV series 2009-????

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Creators:

Deborah Joy LeVine
Dan Levine

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

26 May 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

There Is No Mystery Greater Than The Human Mind

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 17	9:00 PM	Fox	House of Mirrors	#1.8
Fri. July 24	9:00 PM	Fox

Cast

Chris Vance	...	Jack Gallagher / ... (13 episodes, 2009)
Jacqueline McKenzie	...	Veronica Hayden-Jones / ... (13 episodes, 2009)
Annabella Sciorra	...	Nora Skoff (13 episodes, 2009)
Nicholas Gonzalez	...	Dr. Arturo Suarez / ... (12 episodes, 2009)
Marisa Ramirez	...	Chloe Artis / ... (12 episodes, 2009)
Derek Webster	...	Carl Belle / ... (11 episodes, 2009)
Edwin Hodge	...	Malcolm Darius Washington (6 episodes, 2009)

Country:

USA | Colombia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Bogotá, Colombia

Company:

Fox Television Studios

Trivia:

Final television appearance of David Carradine.

Heads Should Roll

At some point in time, someone read this script. Somewhere along the line there were dailies of the pilot. Somebody pitched this.

How, on God's green earth did five episodes get made? I'm flabbergasted. Someones's got to be related or having sex with somebody. Hopefully not both :) Let's face it, a LOT of mediocre pilots get made, fail, and then are quickly forgotten. I could see network brass saying to themselves, 'House is popular and this is a little similar, so let's greenlight a pilot.'

But five episodes?!?

Walk a bull into a China shop and who's fault is the outcome? The bull? Of course not. I just can't nail the creators to the wall here. They'd probably be the first ones to tell you that their abilities are limited. The fault of this lies squarely on the shoulders of the network. Whatever exec greenlit this- they shouldn't have a job. Period.